Research on accountantsʹ professional burnout, job and life satisfaction: 2-Burnout and job satisfaction

This research examined whether the burnout and job satisfaction of accountants differed according to some variables. The ʹMaslach burnout inventoryʹ and ʹJob satisfaction scaleʹ were used to collect data. The research population consisted of the accountants in Turkey. The sample of the research consisted of 1,494 randomly chosen participants from this group. Data collection was initiated by sending the data collection tools to the accountants via mail and e-mail in September, 2008 and required data was obtained in June, 2009. According to the results of the study, it was determined that in term of gender, male accountants experienced more emotional burn out and female accountants experienced more job-satisfaction. The significant differences in terms of gender, age group, workplace, working area, working style, workplace type, level of income variables and burnout and job satisfaction were determined in this research. Concurrently, it was discovered that there was a negative correlation between burnout and job satisfaction.